Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Tait
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 15, 1916PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the City Court of Buffalo.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The plaintiff sued and recovered in the court below for board, room, nursing and other attentions furnished the defendant for a number of years while living with the plaintiff and in his family.
The defendant was the father of the plaintiff’s wife, and an old and infirm man, requiring to quite a degree the personal care and nursing of his daughter, which was given. At the time he became an inmate of the plaintiff’s home, nothing was said as to his paying for the board, nursing and services afterwards rendered.
The defendant contends that in the absence of an express agreement to compensate the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Coleman v. . BurrNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Porter v. . DunnNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Stevens v. . CunninghamNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of StilesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1909
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of the Proceedings of LannonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1911
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Smith v. BurhyteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
- In re the Estate of CardNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932